LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Trial of the Speed of the New Cruiser Marblehead. MUlIllR &C lIUD AID ATER 60D Seventeen Knots Required by the Contract. WHAT IS CLAIMED POR HER. NEW LONDON, Conn., Dec. 7.-The new erutser Marblehead went out of this harbor Lke a race horse this morning on her trial After she got down by Fort Trumbll she had a clear course before her. She got away about 9 o'clock. The conditions for the trial this morning When the cruiser reached her course were very nearly perfect. A gentle off-shore breese was blowing, but was not of sufB- cient force to stir up the sea and the sound waS comparatively calm. The cruiser reach- ed the course soon after 10 o'clock. The result of the trial cannot be known until about 6 o'clock this evening. The Marblehead will spread about 6.300 square feet of canvas. The contract price of the vessel is 3b4.J0 and she is required to make 17 knots speed. For every quarter knot over that the builders are to receive 325,41lo and for every quarter knot under it to forfeit 325000. While no attempt at speed was made on the trip from New York to this city it is now claimed that the Marblehead made nineteen knots at times. If this be the fact the new vessel bids fair to exceed the De- troit, her sister, which made a wonderful record. and at the same time earned for her builders 3m.tsu. Picked Pocahontas coal was provided for use today. The Corvett, which has the first position on the course, left this harbor at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon to take her place, and the other official craft got away early this morning. The light house steamer Cactus was en the course all day yesterday engag- ed in the work of verifying the locations of buoys. She returned at 11 p.m.. reporting all the buoys in position. Parties from Bos- ton and New York. guests of the builders of the Marblehead. arrived last night to witness the cruiser's speed trial. TAKING HACK THE OLD MEN. Reanmmtien of Activity on the Lehigh Vallcy Railroad. EASTON. Pa., Dec. 7.-There was a better feeling among the Lehigh strikers this morning. They realize that they canot all go back at once. The cooler-headed men have prevailed upon the hot heads that the best thing is to keep quiet. Superintendent Donnelly said this morning the new men who were competent would be retained. The company had no black list and would take back old men as needed. Several erews were sent for this morning. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec. 7.-The Wy- oming division of the Lehigh Valley rail- road is a beehive of industry today. Old men applied for their positions this morn- ing by the score. Inspectors have been placed on the division to examine the new men with reference to their competency, and if not up In all the gules and competent in every way will be discharged and the old men will take their places. It is said that in a month 95 per cent of the old men will be back under the order of things. All mail and express trains are running on schedule time today, arriving and de- parting nearly on time. MAUCH CHUNK. Pa., Dec. 7.-The Le- high Valley strike is over at Mauch Chunk. At a meeting of railroaders last night the resolution of the afterr oon refusing to go to work unless all were taken back was re- scinded. By 11 o'clock this forenoon seven- ty-six had reported for work. Many of them, including three engineers, were sent out on the -oad at orce. The others were toll to hold themselves in readiness to re- liue a call OFF FOR 31O JANEIRO. Separtnure of the New Brasilian Tor- pedo Beat-Injury to the Amertea. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-The ocean tug San- turit, having in tow the torpedo boat Pirat- ing. formerly the Destroyer, designed for the Brasilian government, passed Quaran- tine, bound out this morning at 7:30 o'clock. A cable message was received by Flint & Co. from the West Indies late yesterday afternoon announcing that one of the Amer- ica's valves, among the most vulnerable part of a ship's machmnery. had been pur- posely broken by some unknown member of the crew and that the vessel had theroby been so seriously injured that a long delay mst occur before she could continue her voyage. She Is at Birtigetown. Barbadoes. LIETTEE AGNES AVENGED BY LAW. Mangiag at Harrishurg of the Mur- derer of a thud. HARRISBU'RG, Pa., Dec. 7.-Benj. Frank- lin Tennis, who, in September. assaulted and then murdered little Agnes Wright~was hanged in the county prison at 11:3qi this morning. A thousand people witnessed the execution, which was the first in Dauphin county in ten years. Men and women thronged the windows and roofs of the ad- joining buildings and there was a loud cheer when the prisoner was led to the scaffold. He showed no nervousness whatever and it is generally belleved that his coolness was more the lack of moral sensibility than real courage. He madie a prayer In Ger- man and then addressed the spectators. He asked all those who forgave him to raise their hats, and nearly all present compiled with his request. ROW IN THE REICUSTAG. 3 Very Lively Tiame During the Doerse Ta Debate. BERLIN. Dec. 7.-An angry diecussion of the Boerse taxation proposal took place in the reichstag today. Dr. Dilederich Hahn. national liberal, made a short speech in support of the proposed tea. Herr Liebermann von Sonneberg, anti- emtite, violently attacked Herr Singer and socialists generally for Identifying them- seves with the Boerse. Herr Singer shouted: "You had better take up your dishonored bill." "You are an associate of usurers," return- ad the other, Singer made an excited reply, but the sund of his voice was drowned in the up- Roar that this passage had provoked. Shouts arose everywhe:-e in the house. President von levetzow begged the mem- hers to cease their dialogues. Herr Schmidt demanded that the house be Called to order. President von Levetiow said that he had heard no Insulting remarks. Herr ich'ter here shouted: "Shame, the president does not listen." Thin came near provoking another uproar, but the president rang the bell violently and guelled the threatenedl disturbance. TUE NEW FRIENCH PREMIER. Said to Me Imnlned te Treat the So- elalinta Coriaily--Chanee to FIght. PARIS, Dec. 7.-it is believed that the Mew prime minister, M. C'asimir-Perier, In- tends today to hold out an olive branch to the socialists and r'adicals in the- chamber of deputies. It is becoming more evident that a homogeneous majority being lacking, there must be a republican or reactionary concentration. U. D~rum.,nt, editor of the s.ocialistic paper ibre Parole, criticised P'rime~Mini.ate-r ai mir-Perier in such a way in that n'ape'r that the latter's cousin. S-nator Th'rmewueux. sent M. Drum nit a chailenge to tight a duel, sayingt that the prim.' minister could nlot Commit himn.'if. Mi O'rnmo,t r.-tlie'l that all Frenchmen were equal. anl t hat p-r.ei-r. ts wouii.m ll'ow the prime mini-ter tm tight a. d.:l He. added that if M. Casimir-P,.rier wvas of- fned by his criticisms, he ought to light FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL. A Long and Bitter Fight to Begin in the Senate, Mr. Hill Will Call Up the Rese Mll on Monday ass the Repbli- emas Will Resstt It. The fight over the adoption of Mr. Hoar's resolution of inquiry into the relations be- tween this country and Hawaii yesterday afternoon,- and the final adoption of the resolutionleft the Senate today without any materials for present wrangling. So the only thing to be done was to provide for the future. Senator Gorman forestalled the fighters by pressing through a motion that the Senate should have no sessions on Fri- day or Saturday. This gave Senator Hill the cue, and he gave notice that on Monday he would call up the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws. In a moment it was apparent that the republicans have de- cided to fight the bill from the outset on un- expected lines. Senator Hoar gave notice that he would resist the consideration of the bill until it has been acted upon by the com- mittee on privileges and elections. This will not be an individual opposition on his part, for it was evident that he was speaking for his colleagues. A Curious Complleatien. There is a curious complication as to the various 'federal elections bills" to which the Senate has present access. On the 28th of August Mr. Hill, from the committee en the judiciary, reported back favorably his own bill repealing certain statutes, and that bill is on the calendar as "unfinished bus- iness." On the 10th of October the House bill to the same effect was received from the lower house and laid on the table, where it now is. There is in addition a bill introduced during the autumn by Senator Bate that is identical with the House bill. It was referred to the committee on privi- leges and elections, which has never made a report. Mr. Hoar insisted today that the commit- tee on privileges and elections is the only committee that should have jurisdiction over such a measure, and he proposed to re- sist the proposition pf Mr. Hill, which is to take the House bill from the table and to refer it to the committee of the whole and then to substitute his own bill for it. The Hill bill, said Mr. Hoar, was improperly re- ferred to the judiciary committee, and it was acted upon in that committee in the absence of all the republican members. What Mr. Hill Said. Mr. Hill denied this charge and asserted that the republican members of the com- mittee were given ample chance to present their opposition. Mr. Chandler asked if any written report had been trade, and Mr. Hill admitted that there was none, but, he added, the members of the committee had agreed that the reasons for the passage of the bill were self-evident. The republicans are "lining up" on this questioa, and on Monday there will be be- gun what promises to be a long and bittar partisan fight on this subject. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The Kennedy Claims. In the Senate today the old claim of Mar- garet Kennedy of this city against the gov- ernment was taken up on motion of Senator Berry of the committee on claims. The claim is for damage done during the late war. The bill was passed; yeas, 35; nays, 11, Grand Army Encampment. An echo of the Grand Anny encampment, and probably the last echo, reached Con- gress today in the form of a communica- tion from the Secretary of War, conveying a statement of additional expenditures amounting to 3561 on account of the appro priation of 00,000 made by Congress for the encampment. The items are as follows: Tc decorating stands, $100; for navy flags lost and damaged, 3110.68; for replacing desks and chairs in the public schools. 350.81. The communication states that it is believ- ed that no further drafts will be made or the appropriation. The total expenditures from the fund provided by Congress amount, ed to lfh,213.12. Deficiency Reported. The Secretary of the Treasury today sub- mitted to the House an estimate of a den- ciency appropriation for the government printing office. There is a defleiency of 3$00,000 in the appropriation for printing and binding and $10,u00 in the appropria- tion for removing and storing documents to contribute to the safety of the building where the documents are at present stored. Annual Reports. Senator McMillan today reintroduced a bill to provide for annual reports to Con- gress by corporatiens of the )istrict of Co lumbia. These reports are to be made on of before the 1st of February of each year Thirty-two items are stipulated in positions relating to street railway corporations, and in a case of general corporations the re- pcrts are to cover thirteen items. The House District Committee. Chairman Heard of the House Diistrici committee returned to the city today and visited the House this afternoon. He wa2 detained In Missouri by some business con. nected with the settlement of his father's estate and was not able to get back in timi to call a meeting yesterday. Mr. Heard thinks it likely that a meeting may be called tomorrow or Saturday and ir any event he will go ahead next Monday D~istrict day in the House. with the billi now on the House calendar. 3NCOME AND EXPENDITURES. Estimated That the Former WAll Fall Far Behind. An Important and Interesting statemen of estimates and appropriations, prepare< by the clerks of the House and Senate com mittees on appropriations, was made public today. The statement shows that the esti mr.ted revenues of the government for 189| are $4.427,748A.4 while the total estimates of regular and permanent annual appro priations for 1iWO are $4i96,3sl6,7VJ.W nmaking an excess of estimated appropria tions, over estimated revenues of 341,879, 041.49, this sum not including deficiencies and miscellaneous appropriations, which of course, will swell the amount of the de ficiency. A comparison between these figures and the appropriations for 1r494. exclusive o rniscellaneous deficiencies, are less than th< appropriations for 1814 to the amount o: 319,83.74. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Constituting a Quorum. The Commissioners today received from thne attorney for the District a draft of bill making two Commissioners a majorit: of the excise board. As the present las now stands it is necessary for all thre members of the board to be present whe1 application for liquor licenses are consld ered. Another Amietien. The friends of Mr. Harry W. D~avis o The Star office will regret to learn tha de-ath has again vietted his home and car rled cIT a second interesting little girl, wh< died last evening of diphtheria, after a ver: short illness. Only a few days ago Mr Davis buried his oldest daughter, a brighs and lovable little girl, who dIled of mems branous croup. Mrs. Hall Gels a Divorce. In the case of Mary E. Hall against W R. Hall, for a divorce, .Justice Hagner ha: made a dlecree for the complainant, givini her the right to resume her maiden nami of Sautter. The till, riled by H. M. West fall, states that they were married Novem her 1;, 1mr'2, and charges bad treatment, aa saults, &c. Recess Postmasters Nominated. The President today sent to the Senat the nominations of fifty-six postmaster appointed during the recess, including th postmasters at Chicago, Topeka, Kansa City and Hoboken, N. J. Henning Track. The weather today was clear; track heav Attendance good. First race. 4 1-2 furlongsBrooket fie first. Uiue Mass, second; Inatuation filly third. Time, 57 1-2. Second raceEne and one-sixteenth miles Btess'ie U1-slad 1; Pekin, 2; Capt. T. 3. I~s i:-.5 ON THE INDIAN RIVER.I Deligkthl afara is a Beautiful Part if flbtid& The Reeset et te Yachtsman, Fishe.- man and Hamter-Orange Groves and Other Trepical Fruits. Correspondence ef The Evesing Star. ON STEAMER SANTA LUCIA, INDIAN RIVER, Florida, Dec. 4, 1IS. The praises of the beautiful Indian river have been sung and spoken of so long that they are almost familiar to every American lover of his country's attractions. The head of the river is about fourteen miles south of New Smyrna and runs parallel with the ocean a distance of 1h0 miles, only separated from it by a narrow peninsula broken at two points by Inlets, which feed the river from the sea. The Indian river has been made famous by many character- istics, not the least of which are its sources for the yachtsman, angler and hunter, who here find glorious sport. From the first fall frosts of northern winter this river is the retreat of clouds of ducks and is the home of the heron, bittern, crane, antpe and peli- can. On its shores are still seen the turkey, bear, deer and endless covies of quail. No fisherman comes home empty-handed, for channel bass, jewfish, sheepshead, drum, sea trout and a hundred other game fish are found the entire length of the river. In fact, the fish are so plentiful that a steamer seldom makes the river trip without running into shoals,especially mullet,which frequent- ly Jump aboapi the boat. At night the phosphorescent fiashings from myriads of these fish make a weird pyrotechnic display. Limed With Orange Groves. Both banks of the river are lined with orange groves from Titusville for twenty- five miles southward. One realises oiAreach- ing this section that he is invading the home of the Indian river orange, the fruit of world-wide fame. As we go south, pass- ing Cocoa and Iockledge, the scenery be- comes more tropical, and the scent of pine- apples and bananas is borne upon the air; long stretches of palmettos can be seen also. We still continue to go further south, and the regions lining the river become more and more intensely tropical. The next point of interest seen along the river is known far and wide as the Indian river narrows. As the steamer enters the narrows one can stand on the deck and toss a stone to either bank. Miles of oyster beds predominate at this. point and are of a quality unsurpassed and in quantity sufficient to feel a generation. The nar- rows end at Fort Pierce, back of which town Is located a Seminole Indian village. They are frequently seen on the banks of the river in their picturesque costumes. They roam the marshes and forests of the impenetrable Everglades, living on game, fish and the wild rice of the lakes. They are at the present time on an alligator hunt, and will soon appear with the hides, which they exchange for ammunition, &c. Below Fort Pierce the river banks are wel populated with pineapple growing, and this peerless fruit Is grown in great numbers. Jupiter inlet. The river continues for miles below, finally making its escape to the ocean through Jupiter Inlet. The river again becomes very narrow just before reaching Jupiter and the thick growing mangrove trees can be seen on either side. The water is so clear and so shallow here that fish and oysters can be seen distinctly. Jupiter In- let is over three hundred miles south of Jacksonville and the climate is perpetual spring; it is an ideal resort for sportsmen; the scenery is beautiful and the fishing, boating and hunting unequaled. The view from the light house looking from the one side far out over the ocean, with the added sight of the Gulf stream, and on the other, spreading out over the co- coanut graves (which trees, by the waygrow in great numbers here), the inlets and the forests, with 'the. Everglades and Lake Worth in the distance, may well be count- ed an event for tropical beauty of a life- time. This is the ending of the Indian river. But seven miles below Jupiter Inlet is situated Lake Worth, a long and compara- tively narrow lake, running parallel with the ocean and separted from it by a strip of shining beach. This lake, on the shores of which is now being erected Mr. Flagler's new hotel, the Royal Poniciana, which will accommodate five hundred guests. The shores of this lake are certainly replete with tropical beauty. Such products as coffee, the tamarind, mango, paw-paw, guava, banana, almond, custard apple, maumee apple and shaddock are found here in abundance. Then further such Bra- zilian trees as the rubber tree. mahogany, eucalyptus, cork tree and mimosa are all frequently seen in this delightful spot. Right amidst these beauties of the tropics lining the shores of the lake are to he found numerous cottages of wealthy north- erners. who are already commencing to open for the winter season. The fruits found here are not merely a collection of trees. but a collection of groves, from the gigantic cocoanut to the dwarf guava. Fascinations of the Piece. There is a sort of spell surrounding this locality which holds andi enthralls one with a constantly growing fascination. The sur- roundings in every way are so delightful, the climate so near perfection and yet the facilities for reaching the outside world so convenient that almost every one who visits the locality is so charmed that he Is loath to depart. It seems almost an Impos- sibility that only a ride of about forty hours transports one from the cold. Icy north, taking New York as a center, to this I pot, where the temperature is at an aver- age of 72 degrees the entire winter. Bath- ing in the suarf but a half mile from the lake is a daily pastime, and the water is very seldom lower than 70 degrees. This condition in great part Is reached by the close proximity of the gulf stream, which runs but a half mile from the coast. The Royal Poniciana will be open February 1 under the management of H. W. Merrill of New York city. W. E. E. MUUT I~St:II THlE LICENSE. Mr. Thoma's Opinion Gives the Winter -Races Emeouragement. There will be racing at Ivy City this winter. This morning the assessor, acting upon the advice of the attorney for the D~istrict, issued a license to the Ivy City Jockey (Club to conduct a racing meeting at the Ivy City race course for one monlth, beginning next Thursday. IThe application of the managers of the jockey club was heard yesterday before the Commissioners, and the attorney for the District was calied upon to give his opinion on the law in the case. This he did today in an opinion In which after citing the law relating to such licenses he says: I do not believe the assessor has any dis- cretion in the matter. It Is an administra- tive matter. Nor am I able to perceive that the 1'ommistsioners hav-e anything to rdo with the issuance of a license under said ract.- Nor do I believe the act of Congress, apiproved Mlarch 2. 1891,. to prevent book- a mlaking and pool selilig in the Dilstrict of Columbhia confers upon the ('ommissioners any discretIon as to' granting such a license. That law simply declares "That it shall be unlawful for any person or association of personas In the cities of Washington and Georgetown in the tilstrict of ('olumbla, or t within said I tstrict, withian one mile of the - boundaries of said cities, to bet, gamnbie, or , make books or pools on the result of any r trotting race, running race, or horse or Iboat race of aany kind, or game of base Iball." That act was intended to prevent -gamnbling, or, as it called, book making, or pool selling on the result oif horse races &c., within one mile of the limits of the cities of Washington sand Georgetown, and was not irtended to prevent such races, but only gambling on thme result of them within cer- tamn limits. If book making or pool selling is being carried on at the Ivy (City race track, within one mile of the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, it is the duty of the police department to arrest -any person or persons engaged in that busi- ness and bring them before the Police Court of the District to be dealt with ac- cording to law. "*it may be very cruel sport to run races s at p season of the year. In this latitude. Sbut s.ae answer is, our~law does nut limit horse racing to any particular season. If, as contended by the Humane S:)ciety, the running of horse races in winter, In this District, constitutes cruelty to animals, then the society, whose particular business It is to look after such matters, and who act independently of the Commissioners, can very soon settle the question by a case In the Police Court."~ The fire in the cotton on board the steam- -er Ferndene at Liverpool is stall burning. The fire was discovered on November 2t, threea days after she cleared fr-om vNrfolk. IN M'KINLEY'S HONOF Unusual Preparatimsfor His Seoam Iunnration. HIS "EDIERS" ARE KEPI G ACTIVI Biennial Sessions of the Ohio Leg islature. CONTEST FOR SPEAKERSE IP Speial Dhiq ateh to The Evening Star. COLU'MBUS, Ohio, Dec. 7.-Preparation are now being made for a great demonstra tion on the occasion of Gov. McKinley's it auguration to his second term. Some *m has quietly taken upon himself the wor of corresponding with the republican clut of the state, with the result that most c them have signitigd their intention to con and join in the demonstration. Enthusiast in the movement has wisely been stirred u while the flush of victory is still tn, and ti arrangements being in the hands of sue managers, the inauguration !s !ikeiy to t a notable one. It is unusual to so celebrate the inaugur tion of a governor who succeeds himmel When Foster and Foraker entered upo their second terms, they simply took the! oaths of office, read their addreases, and it ceremony was done. The variation of ti program this time gives the general imprei sion that the McKinley boomers In nis ow state are going to let no opportunity I keep him before the country in a conspict ous way pass unimproved. The difficult task of managing the affah of a state whose expenses are each yet considerably larger than its receipts brought to Gov. McKinley and his admit istration as the result of the election. Tt deficit is likely to be larger than usual fi the neo few years, unless there is son immediate legislation that will increase tt revenues. Last winter a law was enacte providing for the taxation of telephone, te egraph and express property by a ne method that would increase the taxes pal to the statd by almost 75 per cent. Tt companies affected have taken the law in1 the nited States courts with a view to tes ing it by the Constitution. It will ultima:el go to the supreme court. Litigation pri ceeds slowly and it will probably be sever years before a decision is reached. In t meantime this property will escape payia all taxes. Besides this, by the attorney general's it terpretation of a law enacted last winte all goods made by convict labor must bea a brand or label showing that fact. Stal Labor Commissioner Lewis says this wl ruin the prison industries, as people wf not buy prison-made goods if they know I This means that instead of the state prise paying a revenue, its running expenses wI be dead expense to the state. The Saloon Tax. To meet these increased expenditures has been proposed to increase the (1)0 law) liquor tax. At present it is 3!50 per at num for each saloon or drinking plac This will probably be doubled. If this done, the liquor interests that have late! been acting with the republican party w1 be offended and the democrats may cart the state next year, as they did in lt when Newman was elected secretary i state and Hoadly governor. Both parties pledged themselves in the platforms this year to provide for only of session of the legislature in two years. TI state constitution plainly intends that ti general assembly shall not meet oftene but they get around this by holding a journed sessions in the alternate years. A immense expense is incurred by these exti sessions, but it is by no means certain the the biennial session will be establishe The practical politicians are all opposed the change. With a five months' session the legislature each year, all the work aE money that is needed by a small army party workers, who always manage to g£ offices in the organisation, is supplied. Th army is of course arrayed against the t ennial sessk n. The contest for speaker of the new hous the most important honor to be bestows when the legislature meets in January. hi now narrowed down between Alexand, Boxwell and Charles P. Griffin. the form, of Warren county and the latter fro Lucas county. The two other candidates Doty of Cuyahoga and Haskell of Lora county-having withdrawn. Both Boxwi and Griffin voted for Foraker for Unit States Senator two years ago, but Boxw( is by training and instinct a Sherman ma and voted for Fo:'aker only because a southeastern Ohio was permeated by ti Foraker spirit, and his constituents we for Foraker. It is believed that Gov. M KJnley's administration favors Boxwe though the governor himself is trying keep out of the contest. Other members the administration-notably Food Commi stoner McNeal. State Librarian Smith, L bor Commirsione- Lewis and others-s openly working in behalf of Boxwell. Foi Commissioner McNeal is showing, wi much effect.against Griffns candidacy th last winter he was engaged as a member the house working hand in hand with t1 makers of and dealers in adulterated food against the pure food laws of the state. The legislature meets on the first Mond In January. Goev. McKinley's second ter begins on the second Monday in January. While the speakership of the house he always been an honor much sought after, is a singular fact that none of the Oh men who have become great men in ti nation ever tilled the office. Eariy in ti history of the state there were sever speakers who became governors-amo them Edward Tiffin, Thomas Kirke,, Du can McArthur. William Medill and Seabu: Ford-but in the last fifty years no speak has ever risen above the rank of Congres men. The only men who have been spea ers since the war, and whose names a known at Washington, are John F. Follei George L. Conve-se. Charles H. Grosven, and James' E. Neal. the present Unite States consul to Liverpool. CAPITOL TOPICS. A Department of Labor Proposed Mr. Doolittle of Washington int-oduced bill in the House today providing for tl organization of an executive department be known as the Department of Labor, at the appointment of a Secretary of Lab and assistant secretary, to have the sari pay of other heads of executive depa men ts. Contested Eleetion Cases. The House committee on elections yeste day heard arguments in the contested ele lion case of Whatley against Cobb. from ti fifth Alabama district. D). W. Glassie a peared for Mr. Whatley and Mr. Cobb pi sented his own case. Taken Under Advisemnent. The case of C. Borcheling, receIver estate of R. M. Price. against Rodman: Price. Secretary Carlisle and John C. Ft to restrain the passing of a treasury dra for $30),ttn to Price or his attorney, ont ground that the sum should be included the assets comning into the receiver', hant was before JustIce Hatgner in Equity Cou: Dilvision 2. yesterday. Messrs. Price and Fa filed answer denying the right of the cou to restrain thte government, asserting th a receiver app~intedI in a foreign jurigdj tion had no right to the relief prayed; th the debt sued for has been paid and t claim is not assignable. Secretary (arnisle filed a demurrer, raj ing the question as to the Jurisdiction the court. Mr. Hackett for the complainant al Messrs. Hlirney. Armes and Fay appear for the respondents and the court took case under advisement. Van Aien Sails for Europe. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-James J. Van Ale who was appointed rr.inister to Italy, b declined to accept the appointment, sails for Eutrope yesterday on the Majestic. E~ name was not on the passengers' list, and is said few of his friends knew of his I tentions to rail. Governament Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue tod were 35l01377; from customs, $400,345. A Kentucky Appointnment. Attorney General Olney today appoint W. M. Ii. Shaw special assistant to t 1'nited States attorney for the district Kraenuky. SHIELDS AND ILLINOIS A aleSte of REquent Speeches at the D " aaqus Last Hight, Ge. sas.aas muselssed as a Se we-, P Statesman and Maa-Senater Posro Two States. A banquet In honor of the memory of Brevet Major General Jajnes Shields was li. given at the National Hotel last night. The C main dining room was appropriately deco- TI rated. Pyramids of fruits, stands of flowers or and wreaths of smilax were displayed in aI orthodox banquet fashion. After the feast of came the flow of reason. C. H. Mansur Si of Missouri was the toast master. He ex- in plained h.w it had all come about, and in told of the reason and the aim of the fete, di He said many eloquent words over the lo memory of the late general. He told of his M early straggles, of his real estate invest- ments and mer tioned the fact that Gen. as Shields was not a rich man. At his death e he wasworthci he was worth perhaps five or six thousand e dollars. He referred tenderly to the chil- te n dren of the dead general, who were present C as "a grand legacy to the nation, a heri- te a tage, rich in all the glory that could cluster A A h around the brow of ancestry." He came e to Missouri with a wide fame and as a unique character. He had helped to strike i the shackels from the whit' men of the if . state. He had been elected to Congress, n but had been counted out. Mr. Mansur ci r dwelt at length on Shields' fidelity to the ti e Catholic church. He was an intimate of 01 e the hero, but the latter had never taken ci ib - him into Ibis confidence on the Lincoln duel di n matter. He had answered evasively when ft 0 questioned on this point. The speaker talk- cl I- ed of the domestic affairs of the Shields ti family and described the dead man's grave. a Miss Shields, who was but a few seats from e ,r Mr. Mansur, displayed considerable quiet t,, Is emotion. Mr. Mansur launched into a se- ti i- ries of tributes to the Union. made some " e applausive statements concerning the great- at r ness and the glory of Illinois and concluded ti e by introducing Governor Altgeld, who was I" e booked on the bill to reply to the toast, d "The State of Illinois." I- Gov. Altgeld. ' d He showed much familiarity with his sub- e ject. He talked in a talkative and unora- d o torical way,that almost made the people for- 51 t- get that Illinois was not the only state in I the Union. He carefully eschewed any re- sI marks which might have a political flavor. se e He told of the romantic history of the state. ' g Of the deeds of heroism which had been done upon her sacred soil and outside her , r confines by those heoes she had bred. It was the land in which had been fought the e battle which decided that Illinois was not t' it to be a slave state, and practically sealed ' 11 the doom of slavery on our continent. The " t. record of Illinois and her sons in the Mex- n ican war callenged admiration, and in the 1i war of the rebellion she had developed same of the greatest chieftains who had ever marshaled men. She had no rival in It therace on material progress and develop- ment. She was building wonderful cities. W and was working the marvels of the age. * s- He characterized Shields as "one of the ,, D. greatest leaders of the world." is Senator Palmer by Proxy. y Senator John M. Palmer was to have res- l ponded to the toast, "Career of Gen. Shields %' y in Illinois," but in his absence, Gen. Alfred 3. Orendorf assumed this duty. He regretted f the absence of the Senator as much as did others and styled him "The Gladstone of r America." Illinois took its name from an 1e Indian word meaning "The home of great L e men." It was not a misnomer. Shields was r, one of a coterie of Illinois' sons who had left their finger prints on history and their b footprints in the sands of time. He was the Lt compeer of Lincoln. who had stepped from a. the earth to his home in the skies, and was to the associate of Douglass. He said some yt gratifying things about Grant. and made F Ld complimentary allusion to his remark, "Let li yf us have peace." Shields' influence had at- et fected the course of Illinois. He said that is the gallant Mulligan, when he said from his i- stretcher, "Lay me down, but, boys, save ' theflag," was Influenced by the soul and G e, spirit of Shields. Shields was ever on the t 4 side of the oppressed. His death was pa- f thetic. After the administration of the f er rites of his church he had called for his old w ar army coat and had it wrapped around him. tI M If one would see his monument, or read his F - eulogy, look around into the faces of those c In who had come here to place a wreath' upon gi his memory. 'd lamesota's Tribute. 1 Gov. Knute Nelson was advertised to re- 14 , ply to the toast, "Gen. Shields, Senator for it ie Minnesota," but his place was taken by to e Representative Mark H. DunnelL. He said S that he labored under some embarrassment Ii o and would confess it. Shields' advent in of Minnesota had been prior to his. The ter- is a- rltory and state had loved him. He was F loved and remembered still. Minnesota was b loyal to his greatness. Mr. Dunnell said t th that he would not attemnpt a eulogy on Min- tnesota. Largely she had her record to u of make, but thus far she had run welL. He e closed by saying with regard to Glen. Shields n "Peace to his ashes; all honor to his memo- ry. m Ar. Marsh Arnold replied to the toast. "Gen. Shields, Senator from Missouri." With d so many eloquent Missourians around the 1o board he regretted that one of them had not a se been called upon to fill the post assigned b te him. But he had a theme which ought to lenthuse all the sons and daughters of Mis- . isourn. He brought his humble offering and ry laid it at the feet of the great deed. He er spoke of Shields as a son of a race that had s- lent its sunshine to all climes and ages. He is was an Irishman and possessed of that keen t< :t, perception which told him that westward g er the star of empire wends its way. He culo- c d gised the west as being Irreverent of prece- dent and ready now to solve the problems of government. He said that Glen. Shields' ca- reer as Senator though brief had been gilded with purity. His public character was asp stainless as his private, and stood as a mon- ument to his name. It was not solely as a the Intrepid warrior and dashing rider that Missouri revered the memory of Shields; it owas his nobility when he had doffed the miu- oitary garb and donned the civil robes. "His h Id name rested on Fame's eternal camping rr ground and glittered In the meridian blase se of heaven." Shields was Irish and this i' 't- meant that he was a lover and a champion a of freedom, and a martyr to It if need be. He talked of Shields' potency as a factor i r- Illinois history. c.. As am itshimam. ie In the absence of Mr. Patrick Donohoe, o p- editor of the Boston Pilot, Capt. John Tobia £ e- of Boston spoke to the toast "BJen. Shields a as an Irish-American."' He said that every o blow struck for freedom was a blow in be- p half of Ireland. He paid somec glowing tribttes to the worth of the Irish people. IL. Toastmaster Mansur followed up Capt. y. Tobin by reading an original poem by Chas., ft J. Bleattie, entitled "Shields' Statue.", b he The Guests. in The guests were as follows: C. H. Mansur, is, Alfred Orendorff, adjutant general Illinois; ~ rt Frank H. Jones, first assistant postmnaster Ly general; Rufus N. Ramsay, state treasurer ri Illinois; Col. Win. P. Wood, Capt. John M. at Tobin. lioston; Jos. H. O'Neill, M. C'., Mae- . sachusetts; Chas. 8. Hamlin, Masahu- he setta; Mr. John C. Taraney, Homer Cook, t Illinois; John Finn, Andrew Gleason, Jno. .s- Drainor, E. J. Hannon, M. G. Dale, Illinois; of .JaA. T. J. Davis, Thos. Kirby, W. B. Brady, dWmH.Murphy, Bi. J. Coyle, Jno. P. Alt- geld. Illinois; Win. H. ('ondon, liainois-; Marsh Arnold, Mark H. Dunneli, Katherine " be J. Shields, Dan S. Sh'ields, Miss Gleason,. Miss Nan Gleason, Charles J. Shields, Miss , Minnie Lynch, Edwardl Lane, M. C'.; Mr. 6 Julius Goidrick. Mr. Win. M. Springer, o. a, Rensellaer Stone, Jno. Muidoon, Philsdel- tphia; Michael Cavill, Philadelphia: Joseph tSheehan, John McCaffney, Philadelphia; " id Donatlus O'Brien, Mr. O'Blierne, New York; C is Jas. D. Brady, Vilrginia; Capt. Patrick 4 It O'Farrell, Thou. Sully, Walter H. French, ~ n- Mr. A. J. Hunter. T. F. Buouton, W. J. Houghtaling. Albany, N. Y.; E. C. O'Brien,t New York; Alien C. Dunborough. Illinois; I Alfred F. Grubbs, Missouri; Clarence T. t Boykin, Virginia; Frank Lawler. The Committee. The banquet committee was as follows: Col. C. H. Mansur, chairman; Col. M. E. Sd Urell, Capt. Haycock, Col. Fischer, Mr. a he Mark H. Dunnell, Gen. Crittenden, Jude of Mc nald, Col. DuPeyter. Glen. J. .) CHALLENGE TO SATOLU .Hersey Prepos to the Papal Dele- sate a Pablio Debas bile and Cathelle Seheeta and the Ceasekttte. to Me the Subjeet of the Proposed Diseassies. Nome of the utterances in the addss de- 'ered by Monsignor Satolli at Gonsega lege Thankgiving day, and published in s Star of that day, have been commented ccnsiderably, and especially by Protest- its. One well-known Protestant minister the city, who chauenges certain of Mgr. tolt's statements re.scting schools, has vited the Catholic prelate to meet him public debate. The invitation was ad- eased to Mgr. Satolli yesterday in the fol- wing letter: onsignor Batoili. Papal Ablegate, etc. Sir: At the Catholic congress at Chicago, :ain at New York, again at Cincinnati. ,ain at Buffalo and but last week in this ty, and no doubt at many additional ints, you assigned yourself the task of in- rpreting the meaning of the American mnstitution, and posed as a competent acher of the principles and purposes of nerican Institutions and declared what ere the duties of American citizens there- [f your views are right those held by a ajority of the American people are wrong; your theory of statecraft is correct ears erroneous. Your whole life has been spent amid so- al influences and impressions and const- tional and institutional conditions wholly it of accord with the spirit of American ruination. You have been in this country it a few months, and it has been the won- r and reflection with many of us how a Il digest of your theory bearing upon ee- aisatical and state relations In this coun- y would affect the American people. rour declaration In this city upon Thanki- ring day (which we celebrate with a irit not possible under any other consti- tional or school system in the world) at the Catholic schools "are the surest feguard of the permanence of the Con- Itution and the best guide of the republic civil progress." and your further declare- mn that those "educated in Catholic hnots ao not lag behind the most pro- essive of the American people." and your rther declaration that "the more the gov- nment favors Catholic schools the more ill the welfare of the commonwealth be Ivancet." and your further declaration ait Catholic schools are necessary to the *ielopnent of the renhllc inder the Con- itutlon show culte cnlusvelv that you tertain in yonr m'n4 a well-digested rv of thi. entrnverted mattr. Along with this 7 em p rsuaded of your hnlayehin an. ability for the contr"- 'reln' 11.14 nnA that you. as the hiehest nresent-ttve of vot~r church In this en"sn- v. ern best speak with authority on this htect. f on therefore nronnse and --ir st to '1. .1r. tha+ at wuch a te..a unA .101 In es ety s ma h ereesh" to ' th of " a no.--i to dieates in pubie this simple r'nA-. the t'nsit'te hearlw- en -.end e watett whelk ' -"eePte nt"" in~tnte'1w-w nhtlc or C-bthoto ..h.n.. heast meheerw. on.nte. A-...1tn -nA "n-)-tern .tl the 'ti- test. whe.-h !lo.ur to th= *.a-we" .on- -. -".-ntee4 by onnattttiottinl a "ttnr tw~p '" of tl-s. cc's he ...* -etn.. "*h.*'t I -wars that this npnsatl is atree'ble to A .m..4e "i,t' the *t. In-',nt of ,.uv vi..- i'eewa ,y.w. h' -..4 ."yA wr.t ,.fldence in v--- "-""" 7 -'" ' -' re- W'ashinetan. ni (' nceenber R. 10.'I- APTER 1EW YORK PLATERS. he Washlatern Mamagemseut Would Ike to Get Jack Doyle and Gee. Daeis Negotiations for an exchange of players r the New York and Washington base ball ubs have begun. J. Earle Wagner and [anager Gus dchmels of the Washingtons ere closeted yesterday with Treasurer E. . Talcott for an hour. New York wants arrell or Meakain. while Washington would ts to secure George Davis. Jack Doyle and hers of the New York team. It is stated that the Washington club ould trade Third Baseman Joyce for eorge Davis. Manager Schmels inferred st Farrell could go to New York, pro- ding three or four players were exchanged or him. Mr. Talcott told them that he anted either Farrell or Meakin. and it is nought that he named Milligan. Baldwin. etty, Burke and Tiernan as players who mid be considered in an exchange. Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: ate Cornell to T. A. Rover, half Interest sub 45, sq. I2I; $35)0. R. A. Monlson Emma C. Knight. sub 4, sq. 247; $-. Carr to Sarah M. Carr, subs 57 to rt, sq. Mi; $-. J. F. Scagg et al. to l. Russell. abe 20 and 32. sq. 1013; $3.101. J. E. Mil- r to G. T. Pulaski. sub 13u, sq. 152; $-. . A. Norman to H. B. HolsIeld. sub 4$, ack 3. Le Drolt Park; t-. F. W. Carter R. E. Pairo, sub 10, sq. 306s; 5-. .B. Gottwain to Z. B. BabbItt, sub mblock 11, Trinidad: 8--. M. L. ottwals to H. Evans,. subs 84 and 67. block do.: 5--. H. T. Woods to N. C. Halde- an. sub 12. sq. 43; $-. B. H. Warner to mrna Wise, lot 1:41. Gtarield; 3-. Catha- ne 1King et at. to J. A. Smith. part 21. sq. of 518; 8--. J. A. Smith to W. J. Donoho, . -. F. Nichaus et a. to same, do.: 5-. .J. Donoho to 3. J. Sanborn,. do.. do.: 5-. T. Benton, jr.. to Catharine C. Blakely. .t 11. block ., Burrville; 5-. W. E. Ed- onston et al. to Thomas Armat. lot 6. ock 3. West Brookland Park; 8477.80. C. T. King to J. W. Gregg, part 6, sq. 512; -. M. Ashford to Elisabeth A. Moore, sub I. sq. 27; 8-. The Leeveaeretta Provost Busrd. Glen. Schofield has Issued an order direct- g that In futore applications for transfer the provost guard at the military prison. o:t Leavenworth. Kansan, will only be! malidered from unmarried men of excellent riaracter and faithful service, who are 'rving a second enlistment at postn not too -mote from Fo-t Leavenworth. The ex- ense Involved, for transportation and sub- stance, In the transfer of such men, will t borne by the government.. As to Traveling Empemsee. Paragraph 1478 of the army regulations its been amended eo an to read as follows: In the following cases no expense of travel allowed: In joining for duty upon first spolr iment to the mrilitary service, or rider the first order after a reinstatement. reappointment; or under an order af- ctlng a transfer frcm one company or giment to another nr~ade at the request the officers transferred. Assistant sur- tons. graduates of the Military Academny rid officers appointed from enlisted meni ling under first order after appointment' commission, are excepted from these rovisions. Armny Ordasmee and Perttfiaes. Maj. Glen. Schofield, president of the armny ard of ordnance and fortifications. has ahmitted his report to Congress. It shows hat SM4.0O76 has been allotted by the board neec Its last report. For the next ilscal tar the board asks for $3h:.lws0 to continuei cperimentai work on guns and powders. Applied for Appeimtmamen. Mr. John L. Butler of Pennsylvania has pplied to Se:-retary Carlisle for appoint-. ent as chief clerk of the bureau of statis-. cs. Daidamere Markets. BALTIMORE. Dec. 7.-Fboor steady, mebssged- weps 17,5les barrels: UhIpmenta. 32.162 herrel.- ale,, 70U harrel.. Whe.at Sam-No. 2 red. lt snaesh; lDecember, s'ame%; January, 7%6% lay. 72 a7%; staisuer No. 2 red. eB~nse e- 'ltet. .. .7u, busbels: htock. 1.379.es2 busbels; ti... 11u,.Eue h~usbela: milling wb..at by mngle. $1n67. C4r d.Iull maixed, gnet, 4%'.43%; new aini d lieeember. 43'4s43I: January. 4&a3'4 etm- ry. 43 bk,!: May. 43 hId; 'EStee fsied. 4l%a42- weipts. 33.EU bushels: shilpmeams. 17.143 bushels- oek. 456.274 bushels; sales. 11,0010 bushels: wite arm by sample. 44is45: yellow coamby sample, 40. I. Oats firm-No. :white westerm. 350- Ne. ixls western. 24 asked-stock. i1t. bushbels. ye slow--No. 2. 52-rweptsn, l.258 bushels; stak ,4&1 busbel,. Hany steady--gend to choiee time- uy. I'5.50. Grata freights very quiet. wnbased. ,tte. qauiet--mlddllng, 7%. Blutter firm-amery, mncy. 2N4a29: do. fair to (helee. 25m2m: du. imita- Oa. 2Ba24; ladle. facy. 2423: good to choice, 12: oll. fin.. 2252: do. fair to goed. Mi2t* or patked. 1m30. gs steady--24. Oogee iram Rin cargesn fair, 191%; No. 7. 18. Other artl- les unchanged. BAI.IRE. Dier. 7.-Virginia anmols, thres,. 1% lbid; do. 10.40.. ;~~% Natherm O'estal Lo-k. IsEO%; Baltimaure ao Obl. ituuthwestees ruts. 164%: first trees. s hid: sewmd terome. 1.27: third lnc'n. as1; 4 asoetidated Gas bund. FINANCE AND TRADE. wa&t a . IE I I m ti Advance in the Rats of Snding 1ENERAL MARKN REPORN. riW Diat O to 1h. M U. NEW YORK. Dee. T.-There Wal =WNING at suffcient imnertanos in t« .ps masmet to overcome the prevailing Inertia w ma- tertally alter stoct valen. 09 ot 1- elected an Improvemnt varyg thea 14 Wo 1-2 per cent. end oeatnsed enems throughout the morais. The Dank of magas fats a dees m as left unchanged at 3 per cent and Ienden's market for iatear=m as p es aai 1.g per cent higher. Atchison was the faveorte in the reIgn market at 1-2 per cent advance to 1% and the Income honds were repane 1 per et above yesterday's quotations. A simm" h- provement in the securities of this pepaty was recorded In our motet an the 6te- ment the company wll have no danSly In meeting Its Interve pagmenin. The directors of the Chuense Ga e beelared a emah dividendof tS7.2. whinta Is equivalent to 1 1-2 per Cant en the total rapital stock. As this action had been t a mreat measure discounte by the poet in that specialty. no important eaa In price followed the eie-al amt The industrial. menopsime the atendtes of traders and enved speculatien fm Cm- plete stagnation. General Electric advanced I per cent on covering to 34 1-4. Sugar the mesme amount to S6 1-4. Battoan advanced to 22 1-2. a nt mpi of 1-44 per cent. and Distillers imroved 3-4 of a point to 27 1-2. In the regular lit Western Unlea galle -4 per Cent on professonoal epegattens to Sterling exchange advanced aaseher 1-2 per cent today and is rapidly seing the gold exporting point. The advance in Len- don's discount rate duting the day led to a sharp demand for eight starting and enins transfera. The supply of Mils is eenelity light for the season and the demand flr remitters shows no signs of abatement. Money continues t abundant supply at I and 1 1-2 per cent on call and from 2 tol on time, with almost any reasseably waft collateral. The E'l.rine %m w= statement sttnes et- change. tE.:3tR1: balances. Mt 4t and the suhtroasury's debit baMane. 439.2t4 The lillness was more praenseaoje at the hegtnninr of the last hour than at maw tim. daring the s.a. but ale'ht advances were rec.rd.d throughout the ist. (7o nminqstnn h-ms. 414 uract( ally nth- ing and trader. were trale en bath aiese of the ac count for a quiet tes. 14e abund ance of money and the miowly Ge- veloping tendenc to take advantage af the extreener low interest rate make the bears anusually cautkus In their mwse- ments. and I" the siwenes of anw one!- nised teaier of the oposing fore.s opies- lation has dwindled into narrownem at prnfession.a liml. The poestbUltee of toe euperts may be used into- in the week to further the campaign. but as yet no goey has 6em en for shipmtent. The el-sing was steady at ftsettonal M from inlUl agures. PUNA3CEAgL ADD IM a. lowsta oaaa ra ewsoo ah Sobe. tsne ta mes. ... &e t tIra ... .. ....ps a a eese.......le3 th a & aA.ar pa pia e ss . ...... .. ....t c. a!..: -- ma. f WieA t hlintes stelt maa aGevernei a. . 0. . , *11 b.a~er stors. 11.% ne. 1 M 12 . ~ seg:. g tens. a e. ner. s.iet 14 bva ITI 17a I I!: W..M...m am -... ... e thrret Su -beS. 6ae. sWedme UK. et8 lini. 11 ai. Ca. S. tal. 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